Scanning a code to join a server

I think for those on mobile, it would be a lot easier to join servers with a scannable code rather than typing a server adress. I think this would benefit people who advertise discord servers in the real world. (Posters, magazines, etc)

That i do not know, but part of this idea came from snapchat, kik, amd facebook messenger how you can hover the camera over a code, and add someone instantly, but in this case, it's for joining servers (and now that i think of it, that'd be cool for adding people as well, but it's pretty easy to just type a name and a number anyway)

A QR code isn't necessarily trackable, in the case of people taking pictures of them and sharing those pictures, and that would make it much easier to raid servers/introduce spammers. Perhaps introducing this as a form of 2FA for server invites, but not by itself.

QR code scan function source is readily available for about any language still in use. Probably for some that are obsolete and abandoned. If you have the (free) "QR & Barcode Scanner" app on your phone, run it on the image above.

The problem with currently available QR systems is that 1) you must use a 3rd-party application to create the QR code; 2) you must use a 3rd-party application to scan the QR code; & 3) scanning a code in this way opens the Discord browser, requiring a log in to join the server.

This is needlessly clunky.

The ability to display a server invite link as a QR code within the Discord mobile app, and the ability to *scan* a QR server invite link within the Discord mobile app, should both be easy to implement, and dramatically improve the functionality of such invites.

It is worth noting this should not be replacing the current invite link system, but rather an optional alternative to it; any invite link should be usable as both manual entry, and a scan code.